online from 19 November 2020!
In occasion of the cinefest 2020 Eye Filmmuseum has uploaded a series of early German fiction and nonfiction films from the famous Desmet Collection to its Desmet Playlist on YouTube. Already, many American, French and Italian films could be found at this playlist, but early German was hitherto almost absent. After its preservation, the early German films in the Desmet Collection have been paramount in the discovery and revaluation of early German cinema “before Caligari”. With this upload, Eye is filling in an important gap in access to precious films. Hopefully, more is to come too.
Check out e.g. the films by Joseph Delmont with their exciting pursuits in Das Recht aufs Dasein, and the unique settings of 1913 Rotterdam and the Dutch quaint fishermen’s village of Marken in Der geheimnisvoller Klub and Auf einsamer Insel.
Several documentaries are unidentified, so some have only Dutch and not original titles, while production years may be approximative. Also, we lack data about some fiction films, such as actors names. So, please, send us your hints or identifications.